• @Gradually_Adjusting
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    5 months ago

    From Wikipedia

    The Comstock Act does not criminalize obscenity, crime-inciting-or-soliciting matter, or abortion directly but it criminalizes the use of the mail, a common carrier, or an interactive computer service in the conveyance of these materials.

    Trekkie Monster said the internet is for porn. If you agree, you’re not a Trump voter.

  • @[email protected]
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    155 months ago

    Conservatives know this would be enormously unpopular, which is probably why, when they talk about Comstock at all, they often refer to it by its criminal code numbers rather than its common name. (“I think the pro-life groups should keep their mouths shut as much as possible until the election,” said Mitchell.)

    That’s not how a party with any intention of representing the will of the people would behave. Republicans serve only the rich and the Christian fanatics.

  • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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    135 months ago

    Why are laws that were overruled or put out of effect by new legislation allowed to stay on the books?

  • @4vgj0e
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    25 months ago

    History will forever repeat itself